Video: ‘Jonathan Is Contesting 2027 Presidency’

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Fred Agbedi, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan, is contesting the 2027 presidency.

Speaking on Wednesday during an interview with Channels Television, Agbedi, a member of the House of Representatives, said Jonathan will contest the 2027 presidency on the platform of the PDP.

He, however, failed to confirm which of the PDP factions Jonathan will be contesting on.

“I have told you even as at the interview after the court, President Jonathan is contesting under the Peoples Democratic Party,” the Bayelsa lawmaker said.

Asked which of the factions Jonathan will contest on, Agbedi replied, “Whichever one you want to describe.”

Agbedi added that the faction loyal to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, is not recognised by the law and their decision to pick Senator Sandy Onor as their presidential candidate is null and void.

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Meanwhile, Naija News recalls that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election.

The court, in a ruling delivered on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, held that Jonathan remained eligible to participate in the election as a presidential contestant.

The ruling followed a suit filed by one Johnmary Jideobi, who had asked the court to stop Jonathan from presenting himself to any political party as a candidate for the 2027 presidential poll.

Jideobi had also urged the court to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from accepting, processing or publishing Jonathan’s name as a presidential candidate in the next general election.

The plaintiff asked the court to determine whether, considering Sections 1(1), (2), (3), and 137(3) of the 1999 Constitution, the former president was still qualified to seek election into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.